Should I be concerned!?

[Kaiser2016]

Lol, the company is called green tripe. It has beef, liver, bone, green tripe, trachea, and a few other things grinded up in 5lb rolls.

And he didn’t have this type of stool until I introduced the chicken wing and foot to his diet.

Too much liver can cause black stool. Maybe that's what you're seeing there?

Also, a walnut would not show up on an X-ray.

So if you know the lunch time snacks caused the change, stop giving that. Limit the variables. It's the only way to pinpoint problem foods. I used to add coconut oil to his meals. Then I increased the amount from a dessert spoon to just under a teaspoon (not a major change) and his stool was loose again! So we ditched the coconut oil and use fish oil instead. Perfect poops again! Now if his stool gets loose, I know right away what caused it. Controlled experiments are ideal. He doesn't get diarrhea like he used to, just one imperfect stool.

I recently purchased premade tripe patties. When I feed it, I will split that 0.5 lb patty into 1/8th slices to slowly introduce it. Tripe is awesome for dogs, lots of people here feed it, but just like coconut oil, it may be too much for his system to handle right away.

The point of these examples is to demonstrate a slow methodical approach. I'm not very patient so I know how frustrating the poop situation can be. We dealt with 6 months of stool issues and 3 food changes. You will get there.

 

[Antman408]

Too much liver can cause black stool. Maybe that's what you're seeing there?

Also, a walnut would not show up on an X-ray.

So if you know the lunch time snacks caused the change, stop giving that. Limit the variables. It's the only way to pinpoint problem foods. I used to add coconut oil to his meals. Then I increased the amount from a dessert spoon to just under a teaspoon (not a major change) and his stool was loose again! So we ditched the coconut oil and use fish oil instead. Perfect poops again! Now if his stool gets loose, I know right away what caused it. Controlled experiments are ideal. He doesn't get diarrhea like he used to, just one imperfect stool.

I recently purchased premade tripe patties. When I feed it, I will split that 0.5 lb patty into 1/8th slices to slowly introduce it. Tripe is awesome for dogs, lots of people here feed it, but just like coconut oil, it may be too much for his system to handle right away.

The point of these examples is to demonstrate a slow methodical approach. I'm not very patient so I know how frustrating the poop situation can be. We dealt with 6 months of stool issues and 3 food changes. You will get there.

Thanks, I stopped the chicken and he just gets beef for lunch.

I’m pretty sure his issue is from the chicken still. Every stool has shards of bones in them from the chicken. I think the bone caused irritation from not being fully digested.

Because he had a poop from the food and it was fine. I introduced chicken wings/foot later and that’s when the slight constipation occurred then the loose stool. I’m gonna ride it out and see how it goes. I’m sure it’s not the food and he’s actually putting on weight now.